2006/2007 Comparison of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Learning Outcomes in Advanced Integrated Laboratory

Fall 2006

Fall 2007

Category: General Laboratory Techniques

GT8. Use Schlenk techniques (inert gas and vacuum line)

GT11. Synthesize inorganic compounds (coordination complex)

GT12. Synthesize inorganic compounds (non-coordination complex)

GT.13 Synthesize organometallic compounds

Category: General Laboratory Techniques

GT8. *Use ion exchange chromatography to purify an inorganic compound

GT9. *Use Schlenk techniques (inert gas and vacuum line)

GT12. *Synthesize, purify and characterize an inorganic coordination compound; see Topical Supplement in Inorganic Chemistry for suggestions

GT13. *Synthesize, purify and characterize a main group element compound OR solid state compound; see Topical Supplement in Inorganic Chemistry for suggestions

GT14. *Synthesize, purify and characterize an organotransition metal compound ; see Topical Supplement in Inorganic Chemistry for suggestions

GT15. *Synthesize, purify and characterize a bioinorganic compound ; see Topical Supplement in Inorganic Chemistry for suggestions

Category: Content

C3. Measure reaction kinetics

C4. Measure thermodynamics quantities

C5. Measure spectroscopic parameters

C6. Measure quantum mechanical properties using spectroscopy

Category: Content

C3. *Measure and analyze reaction kinetics (including temperature dependence, complex reactions, and/or complex experimental setup or data analysis)

C4. *Measure and analyze enzyme kinetics

C5. *Measure thermodynamic quantities (e.g., fluorescence measurements of binding constants for cyclodextrin inclusion complexes)

C6. *Measure enthalpies of reaction (solution or bomb calorimetry)

C7. *Prepare and present a demonstration of colligative properties or activity effects on an equilibrium

C8. *Measure and analyze spectroscopic parameters I (e.g. quantum mechanical analysis of electronic spectra using conjugated polyene dyes)

C9. *Measure and analyze spectroscopic parameters II (e.g. quantum mechanical analysis of rotational spectra for molecules found in space using radio telescopes; visit Green Bank National Radio Astronomy Observatory)

C12. Measure and analyze a cyclic voltammogram using kinetic theory (e.g. The Oxidation of Ferrocene by David Van Dyke, in Physical Chemistry: Developing a Dynamic Curriculum, edited by Richard Schwenz and Robert Moore)

Category: Tools

T1. Use molecular-modeling software

T2. Use molecular dynamics software

T3. Use mathematics in science (error analysis, data processing)

Category: Tools

T1. *Use molecular-modeling software

T2. *Use computational chemistry to calculate and analyze molecular orbitals and properties of molecules (e.g. Spartan analysis and/or comparison of molecular systems OR comparison of Spartan calculations with experimental measurements)

T3. *Use molecular dynamics software (e.g. analyze thermodynamic properties using the Virtual Substance program)

T4. *Use mathematics in science (error analysis, data processing)

T6. Use Mathcad to model and predict observed chemical phenomena (e.g. estimating flame temperatures, modeling stratospheric ozone kinetics, etc.)

Category: Error Analysis

EA1. Complete a straightforward error analysis.(see rubric)

EA2. Complete a sophisticated error analysis. (see rubric)


Category: Error Analysis

EA1. *Complete a straightforward error analysis.(see rubric)

EA2. *Complete a sophisticated error analysis. (see rubric)